Under a sign that read "Promises Made, Promises Kept," Governor Rick Scott signed the 2011-2012 State Budget at the Villages, but not before he made $615 million worth of vetoes.
Among the cuts include $4,799,710 for public radio and television, $12 million for the National Veteran's Homeless Support Group, and $400,000 for a contract related to studying the Supreme Court System, an item inserted by House Speaker Dean Cannon, who saw his dream of dividing the state's highest court into two divisions scuttled by the Senate before the session ended earlier this month.
If the cut for public broadcasting were to go through, the hit to local community radio station WMNF would be around $72,000, roughly 5 percent of its budget, according to Program Director Randy Wind (WUSF radio and television, as well as WEDU television, would also be affected by the cut).
